FHWA News Updates

Chairwoman Shelley Moore Capito said the panel is crafting legislation aimed at improving safety and reliability across the nation’s transportation network.

Bridge projects are the centerpiece of FHWA's focus on infrastructure investments, Administrator Sean McMaster told business leaders and government officials.

Earlier this year, the Trump administration rescinded the EPA’s endangerment finding, marking its most significant climate policy rollback to date.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is asking governors and mayors to identify their worst traffic bottlenecks to obtain federal assistance to ease congestion.

Agency Administrator Sean McMaster noted that the Transportation Department will deliver more than $275 million in grants to states to expand truck parking nationwide.

The Senate also confirmed Jonathan Morrison to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Paul Roberti at the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

A Senate committee on June 11 approved the nomination of Sean McMaster to become administrator of the Federal Highway Administration.

Sean McMaster, nominee to lead the Federal Highway Administration, appeared before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on May 14, the first step of his confirmation process.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy finalized 76 infrastructure grants among a backlog of 3,200 projects that had been approved under the Biden administration but left incomplete.

The Department of Transportation this month announced a repeal of a Federal Highway Administration rule for states to establish emission-reduction goals.